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RMT detrainment re-ballot: vote yes to renew mandate

RMT is re-balloting driver members on the Bakerloo, Central, District, Hammersmith & City, Jubilee, and Victoria lines to renew an industrial action mandate in the dispute over the imposition of "flash-and-dash", the unsafe detrainment method whereby drivers are expected to simply flash in-car...

Something in the air tonight?

“Particulate matter” (PM) is everything in the air that is not a gas. It consists of a variety of chemical compounds and materials. These may enter the bloodstream and be transported around the body. This can result in serious impacts to health.

PM 2.5, aka “fine” PM, is small enough to pass...

Ballot successful on detrainment fight

The reballot on Bakerloo, District, Central, Hammersmith and City, Victoria and Jubilee lines was successful. Drivers will continue to check their trains before taking them into depots or sidings.

As Tubeworker has said previously, ”While there is a specific safety implication for drivers arising...

Union pressure wins minimum number increase at Vauxhall

The RMT had a massive win at Vauxhall station, when on 7 May the minimum staffing number, which stipulates the legally required minimum number of staff to keep the station open was increased, both during the week and at weekends.

This was achieved through the hard work of the local RMT H&S rep, in...

SRT, Victoria Centre, King's Cross, Heathrow: strike on 25 November!

RMT members in four areas on LUL stations - Victoria Centre (Euston/Green Park), King's Cross, Heathrow (Heathrow Terminals, Hatton Cross, Hounslow West), and the Special Requirements Team (SRT, a department of mobile station staff which provides extra staffing resources for events, projects, etc.)...

Green Park/Euston strike suspended as progress made

RMT has called off a planned strike at Green Park and Euston stations on 3 June, after LU finally agreed to a meaningful review into management bullying.

That's important progress. But the review is only a first step; if it doesn't lead to a change in the managerial culture, strikes must be...

The Night Tube dispute still matters

RMT is re-balloting drivers as part of the dispute over enforced night working. That dispute is as important today as it was when the 2016 agreement was first ripped up, back in 2021.

When the deal between ASLEF and London Underground, which abolished the part-time Night Tube driver grade and...

Green Park/Euston station staff to strike against bullying bosses

Station workers at Green Park and Euston will strike on Friday 3 June against a long-running culture of management intimidation and bullying.

Senior management has stonewalled RMT reps, denying them any recourse to meaningfully remedy the issues surrounding bullying and an overbearing, excessively...

As more station job cuts announced, we must name strikes

The Victoria Centre cover group, which includes Euston, Green Park, and Victoria, is the latest station group to learn the detail of LU's plans for its staffing levels.

Euston is losing 8 CSA2s and five part-time CSAs, including three Night Tube jobs. Green Park loses two full-time CSA1 positions...

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